Economic transition in Africa,, edited by Melville J. Herskovits and Mitchell Harwitz

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Economic transition in Africa,, edited by Melville J. Herskovits and Mitchell Harwitz

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edited by Melville J. Herskovits and Mitchell Harwitz

Instantiates

• Economic transition in Africa,

Publication

• Evanston, Ill., Northwestern University Press, 1964

Note

"Prepared from papers presented at a Conference on Indigenus and Induced Elements in the Economics of Subsahara Africa held by the Committee on Economic Growth, SocialScience Research Council, at Northwestern University, November 16-18, 1961."

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 409-425

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volume

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• nc

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rdacarrier

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text

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• txt

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rdacontent

Contents

Africa and the problem of economic growth / Melville J. Herskovits -- Subsaharan Africa as a growing economic system / Mitchel Harwitz -- Economics in East African aboriginal societies / Harold K. Schneider -- West African economic systems /Elliot P. Skinner -- Land holding and social organization / Daniel Biebuyck -- Social stratification and economic processes / Lloyd A. Fallers -- Land use, land tenure and land reform / Paul J. Bohannan -- Changes in agricultureal productivity / Bruce F. Johnston -- The role of the small entrepreneur / Margaret Katzin -- Real income trends in West Africa / Elliot J. Berg -- Demographic factors in Subsaharan ecconomic development / H.W. Singer -- The development of the economic infrastructure / A.M. Kamarck -- The adaptation of African labor systems to social change / Wilbert E. Moore -- The movement into the world economy / William J. Barber -- Independence and th problem of economic growth / P.N.C. Okigbo -- Trends in African exports and capital inflows / Walter A. Chudson -- International organization and African economic growth / Lattee A. Fahm -- Economic growth / James S. Coleman -- The conference discussions / Melville J. Herskovits

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24 cm.

Extent

xviii, 444 pages

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63013559

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

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illustrations

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99196118590001161

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• (OCoLC)00234948
• (OCoLC)ocm00234948